The attacks are the first Turkish bombing campaign against Iraq in a year, and signal a serious shift away from diplomacy in dealing with Kurdish factions in the nation’s southeast. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan defended the attacks, saying the government was “obliged to carry out these operations for the peace of the nation.”

The attacks have not sat well with Iraqi Kurdish officials, however, who after eight years of a US occupation which has seen attacks by both Turkey and Iran seem to be running out of patience on the strikes.

Why would Turkey be attacking Iraq.Are they pup[pets for America.Going to have to find out see if its bull.All civilians killed is bull and happens everyday and much more than we hear.Alot of the American suicides are from the soldiers not being able to handel followind il;legal orders that kill inocent familys.I would not kil;l myself but be willing to go to jail and fight it in court rather than kill people in unconstitutional wars and illegal orders.The biggest terrorists are America Britan and Israel.I'm a white Canadian and hate whats going on in the world expecialy to people in poor countrys.Canada was always peacekeepers untill we got involved in illegal American wars.Are government has become corrupt sand the citizens and the government that is not corrupt needs to end this.